Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1709 vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-0838 [HIGH] CVE-2020-0838: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when NTFS improperly checks access. An attacker wh An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when NTFS improperly checks access. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, and then run a specially crafted application to take control over the affected system. The sec

CVE-2020-16916 [HIGH] CVE-2020-16916: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles COM object creatio An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles COM object creation. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that coul

CVE-2020-16902 [HIGH] CWE-269 CVE-2020-16902: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when the Windows Installe An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when the Windows Installer fails to properly sanitize input leading to an insecure library loading behavior. A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create

CVE-2020-1053 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1053: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when DirectX improperly handles objects in memory. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when DirectX improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would

CVE-2020-1598 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1598: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) se An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) service improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full us

CVE-2020-1479 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1479: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when DirectX improperly handles objects in memory. An An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when DirectX improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would

CVE-2020-1529 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1529: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Graphics Device Interface An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. To exploit th

CVE-2020-1480 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1480: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Graphics Device Interface An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. To exploit th

CVE-2020-1243 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1243: <p>A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V on a host server fails to properl A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V on a host server fails to properly validate specific malicious data from a user on a guest operating system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker who already has a privileged account on a guest operating system, running as a virtual machine, could run a specially crafted application. The secur

CVE-2020-1245 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1245: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to prop An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. To exploit this vul

CVE-2020-1553 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1553: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Runtime improperly handles objects i An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Runtime improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in an elevated context. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application on the victim system. The update addresses the vulnerabili

CVE-2020-1492 [HIGH] CWE-787 CVE-2020-1492: A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly handles objects in A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability, such as by convincin

CVE-2020-1554 [HIGH] CWE-787 CVE-2020-1554: A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly handles objects in A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability, such as by convincin

CVE-2020-1379 [HIGH] CWE-787 CVE-2020-1379: A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly handles objects in A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability, such as by convincin

CVE-2020-1531 [HIGH] CVE-2020-1531: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Accounts Control improperly handles An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Accounts Control improperly handles memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application to elevate privileges. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Wind

CVE-2020-16920 [HIGH] CVE-2020-16920: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Application Compatibility Client An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Application Compatibility Client Library improperly handles registry operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first need code execution on a victim system. An attacker could then run a spec

CVE-2019-0973 [HIGH] CWE-20 CVE-2019-0973: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when the Windows Installer f An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when the Windows Installer fails to properly sanitize input leading to an insecure library loading behavior. A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new

CVE-2020-16905 [HIGH] CVE-2020-16905: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Error Reporting (WER) when WER handles An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Error Reporting (WER) when WER handles and executes files. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker can successfully exploit it. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain greater access to sensitive information and system functionality. To exploit the

CVE-2020-16890 [HIGH] CVE-2020-16890: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle o An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. To exploit this vulnerability,

CVE-2020-0870 [HIGH] CVE-2020-0870: <p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Shell infrastructure component improperly An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Shell infrastructure component improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted appl